The world's largest online ticket retailer(розничный продавец) is to stop requiring users to enter hard-to-read words in order to prove they are human.
Captcha - which asks users to type in words to prove(доказывать) they are not robots trying to cheat the system - is used on many sites.
But Ticketmaster has moved to ditch(бросить) it in favour(в пользу) of a simpler system. ... Read more »
The French National Assembly has begun a marathon debate on legalising same-sex marriage after months of public protests and counter-protests.
The bill, promised by President Francois Hollande during his election campaign last year, allows for same-sex marriage and adoption(усыновление)by gay parents.
Mr Hollande's Socialists and their allies(союзники) command enough parliamenta
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At least 20% of people, including half of schoolchildren, were infected with swine flu during the first year of the pandemic in 2009, according to data from 19 countries.
It is thought the virus killed 200,000 people around the world.
A World Health Organization-led study looked for evidence(подтверждение) of the body's immune system fighting the virus.
It showed large numbers of people had been
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Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has appointed a former prima ballerina as a temporary replacement for its artistic director who is recovering from an acid(кислота) attack.
Galina Stepanenko joined the ballet company in 1990, retiring last year.
Award-winning ballet star, Sergei Filin was walking home in central Moscow when a masked man threw acid in his face.
Stepanenko said she would fulfil(выполнять)... Read more »
“As teachers, we meet high standards if we can help all of our students achieve by constructing with careful scaffolding, the pathway to success” Linda Darling-Hammond
One of the elements of EE-based curricula is opportunities for self-direction. The importance of it is described in the article written by Druian, Owens, and Owen (1986). When comparing three EE programmes – Experience-Based Career Education, Foxfire, and Outward
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The spoon-billed sandpiper(кулик) is one of the world's rarest birds.
Recent sightings of the bird at several new sites along the coast of southern China indicate the species is more widespread(раскинувшийся) than thought.
